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hahahahaha the only reason India operated these so call consulates ( actual terror funding and recruiting camps) was to do what it did in east Pakistan 50yrs ago , not this time 🙂 Pakistan has 95 % defensive capability in military not offensive but defensive , that says alot for the bright but Indian’s are so not over partition that they would go any length to hurt Pakistan or Muslims so to speak.
Now back to the topic. “you can run but you cant hide , we are coming for you ”
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Your army is coward. 93,000 soldiers surrendered. World Record!!!
Author seems totally confused. She narrated Kandhar hijacking incident and role played by Taliban/Pakistan and yet advocates talks with them/Pakistan.
United States wants to leave the region and it can afford to do so. It wasted billions of dollars and thousands of American lives with no results as it was outsmarted by Pakistani duplicity. India is and will remain present in the region. It doesn’t have any option of withdrawing like US.
Half of Afghanistan doesn’t like Taliban and it’s patron Pakistan.
As such there is no compulsion for India to talk to Taliban or their patron Pakistan.
India should offer aid, miltary as well as economic to non Pashtun factions and keep Taliban /Pakistan fully engaged because if they aren’t opposed in Afghanistan, they are bound to turn their gaze towards Kashmir in particular and India in general in due course.
India has hired Brahmin cowards for diplomats. Compared to the East India company executives who regularly risked life and money to win India for British crown the Indian diplomat is a typical phattoo who prefers savoring Swiss chocolate over winning friends, business and territory for India.
Hey, seriously where is my comment?
Hey, seriously where is my comment? Absurd if still under moderation even after 20 hours and counting.
Irrespective of who rules Afghanistan Pakistan gets no benefit. Lets not forget that even the Taliban doesn’t support the Durand line. All that India has to do is to support any Afghan government in reclaiming Pashtun areas from Pakistan. For Pakistan it is only a losing game.
Indian presence in Afghanistan is not out of its love of Afghans but using those innocent people as proxy to fulfil its vendetta against Pakistan. India will make every effort to sabotage any deal which involves an inclusive government and brings peace. Thats is why India is long way from home.
Inspite her efforts, Jyothi comes across as a tired old woman, who would prefer rehashing old clichés, rather than a well researched article taking the new conditions into account. To suggest that safety of its consulate employees is somehow an excuse to close them is somehow abhorrent to the sane. The situation has changed dramatically within the last 3 years since Trump suddenly announced the pullout. We had to reshape our responses and approach drastically, and in this are successful to a degree which gives us the elbow room to maneuver. S.Jaishankar, our foreign minister is reputed to be tough as nails, and has proved this many times in the past. So Jyoty, you tired old woman, retire gracefully before you are found out. And less of ‘ own goals ‘, in the headlines, might help keep you away from the critical spotlight for some more time.
So now we know who advices Prince on foreign issues. It’s like DUMB AND DUMBER
Its easy to say Indian mandarins should sit in Jallalabad – when in actually that would only be like painting a big target for Taliban, ISIS and others to attack – with Pakistani help.
The better strategy would be to mobilize the rest of Afghanistan’s non-pastun ethnicities to unite and arm themselves before it is too late so that they arent wiped out like before.
The Americans are going to run – and the Taliban will sweep the country. Now is the time for afghans not interested in the Taliban to prepare themselves. Thats how Pakistan will lose and the Afghan refugees will again pour into Pakistan causing a terrible mess for Pakistan
India should not wait for the Taliban to conquer the country before it can act. The game in Afghanistan is beyond consulates and embassies – its about guns and money.
Bwahahaha…so you’re saying, “The better strategy would be to mobilize the rest of Afghanistan’s non-pastun ethnicities to unite and arm themselves before it is too late so that they arent wiped out like before.”
The American and nato forces missed that trick in the 19 years they were in Afghanistan to say nothing of the russians before them. With their seemingly infinite resources. And India has a new plan?
I for one would roll out the red carpet for the indian forces to take a gander at Afghanistan. That tragicomedy would be one for the history books. Albeit a pretty short one.
Usel ss article
At the end of the article it says: Views are personal. Why not? But truths are told about the country’s Afghan policy and the country’s foreign policy. Certainly “India is probably the only nation in the world to earn the abundant love and affection of the Afghans and Pakistan knows that” but this statement is also indicative of the failure of South Block’s foreign policy. This policy is designed through the distorting prism of Pakistan. This has been the case since 1947. How then to be listened to and followed on the international scene, if we do not manage to get out of this situation? Perhaps we should now question the certainties on which this foreign policy is based.
Dear Himavat,
First of all, thank you for taking the trouble to read my piece so closely and commenting on it. Fact is, ever since 2016, the Modi government has taken a very hard line on Pakistan, short of snapping ties. There is absolutely no conversation until, the govt says, cross border terrorism comes to an end. That’s a very powerful position to take. Unfortunately, you cannot not have relations with 200 million people, especially if that country has nuclear weapons and use terrorists as proxies. The govt has to be much smarter than that. Do both. Speak softly, but carry a big stick. That’s Zhou en-Lai, the premier of China, a country that is Pakistan’s best friend.
So be tough, keep your eyes open and if possible, divide and rule. Diplomacy is the alternative to war. So talk to all constituencies in Pakistan so you know what they are thinking. Not talking means isolating yourself. Isolating yourself means you don’t have the information to play the big game with all sides.
That’s not foreign policy. That’s childish behaviour. And does not behove a great country and an ancient civilisation like India.
Why do you have to always criticize India?